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Privacy Laws

San Francisco Once Led the Fight Against Police Surveillance. Now It’s a Laboratory For It.

Source: The San Francisco Standard — So, getting to high crime leads to high surveillance and public approval for continued surveillance. Between 2024 and 2025,…

freespeechnewsApril 7, 2026

Privacy Laws

Trump Wants You In a Massive, Secret Government Database, Fully Searchable by AI

Source: Freedom of the Press Foundation on X — Is this what you voted for? Once built, it's unlikely any administration could resist the urge…

freespeechnewsApril 6, 2026

Consumer Protection

Washington has No Right to Monitor Americans’ Transactions

Source: Rep. Warren Davidson on X — Only Congress can authorize a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). They said they cannot build a CBDC without…

freespeechnewsApril 5, 2026

Censorship Consumer Protection

America’s Newest Digital ID Proposal Just Dropped in the US Senate

Source: Julie Barrett on X — "Duty of Care" sounds good, but this will undoubtedly become a mechanism for regulating speech and requiring identity-linked controls.…

freespeechnewsMarch 29, 2026

Consumer Protection

FBI is Buying Location Data to Track US Citizens, Director Confirms

Source: TechCrunch — The FBI has resumed purchasing reams of Americans’ data and location histories to aid federal investigations, the agency’s director, Kash Patel, testified…

freespeechnewsMarch 27, 2026

Censorship Media Platforms Uncategorized

Section 702 Up for Renewal + SAVE ACT

Source: Reclaim the Net — The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, was created to let the US government collect intelligence on foreigners. In theory,…

freespeechnewsMarch 25, 2026

Consumer Protection News Abroad

Brazil “Age Verification”

Source: Reclaim the Net — Brazil built a national age verification system, called it child protection, and buried the surveillance infrastructure in the footnotes. Every…

freespeechnewsMarch 23, 2026

Censorship

President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America is Patriot Act 2.0

Source: Natali Morris on X — When the government starts defining threats by “propaganda,” “influence,” and “cultural subversion,” it is not just targeting hackers. It…

freespeechnewsMarch 14, 2026

Consumer Protection

You Don’t Need Epstein When You Have Palantir

Source: Wide Awake Media on X — "They don't really need blackmail anymore... the new Jeffrey Epstein." If they want to blackmail you... they just…

freespeechnewsMarch 10, 2026